coming into the season Brennan Boesch had added value because he was batting 2nd in front of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder. that has changed, now Andy Dirks is in that position. he's started the last 2 games there and is in the 2 spot again tonight. this gives Dirks added value.Dirks has power and speed potential.http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/ ... Andy-Dirks

Yea I like him too, but he is an outfielder which really lowers his value given the depth of the position. Although it is probably more of a possibility that this guys takes off over many of the other fa's available in your league. I'm personally going to track him the next few games and if he does good I might take a flier on him because at that point he will be getting full time at bats. He is still splitting time as of now.

The way I see it, if I want to pick him up 2 or three days from now I probably missed some good stats, so I grabbed the guy already on teams I had someone to dump and no one specific to pick up. If he does well great, if not I'll find another guy to jump on early. Middlebrooks is going to be a popular add now. And when Lorenzo Cain comes back I'm hopping on him in case he starts out on fire.

I've seen Dirks play a lot, and I like him. He's got very good contact skills (doesn't K), and can do a little of everything. He's got some pop and some speed, and hitting 2nd in that lineup he'll score a bunch of runs. In deeper 12 team leagues I'd add him.

paisano1 wrote:Yea I like him too, but he is an outfielder which really lowers his value given the depth of the position. Although it is probably more of a possibility that this guys takes off over many of the other fa's available in your league. I'm personally going to track him the next few games and if he does good I might take a flier on him because at that point he will be getting full time at bats. He is still splitting time as of now.

OF is so deep are you playing in 6 team leagues? Looking at my 12 team FP league half the league can't field a quality 4 man OF. I'm going to take a filler on this guy now with his 3.06 FP/G and 3 RBI tonight. I have had enough of looking at Markakis, Span and Martinez stinking up the joint.

Seems like Boesch was penciled in to hit second pretty much every day in preseason, but his horrendous start has him demoted to sharing that spot with Dirks. Dirks probably still has a decently long way to go before he claims the exclusive rights to the 2-hole that they were ready to hand over to Brennan. Still, he seems like a pretty good start on any given day that he hits second, so if you have room for a platoon type OF, you could do worse.

Andy Dirks is not in Wednesday's lineup due to a sore left hamstring.It's an ailment he's been dealing with off and on since mid-April. Dirks has been hot at the plate lately, though, so unless he has a setback, it doesn't appear to be something that will force him to the DL.